The New York University baseball team was defeated 8-4 by #21 (American Baseball Coaches Association poll) Johns Hopkins University on Friday, March 17, at the Player Development Complex in Ft. Myers, FL.
NYU (7-2) scored the first three runs of the game before Johns Hopkins (6-2) rallied to within 3-2 and took a 6-3 lead with a four-run sixth inning. The Blue Jays added a pair of runs in the eighth inning and the Violets scored once in the ninth to make the final score 8-4.
Sal Cammisuli started on the mound for NYU and the freshman put together the best performance of his young career. He threw five innings, allowing just two earned runs to give his team a lead after five innings.
Hopkins scored four runs in the sixth without recording a hit as the Violets' bullpen struggled to find the plate.
"The game was decided on five walks and a wild pitch," said NYU Head Coach
Doug Kimbler. "Whether we like it or not, it's a tough way to lose, but we lost to a team that has been there before and made us pay for our mistakes."
NYU was led offensively by
Colman Hendershot and
Adrian Spitz, who each tallied three hits on the afternoon.
Trevor Francesconi came up with a big hit early, roping a two-RBI double to left field to increase the Violets' lead to 3-0 in the second inning.
Joe Conlon, the Blue Jays' nine hitter, had a big day at the plate. The senior second baseman was 3-for-3 with three RBIs and hit his first-career home run. Nick Burns picked up the win on the mound for JHU, tossing six innings and allowing three runs while striking out four.
NYU returns to action tomorrow when it takes on Vassar College in a doubleheader at Terry Park in Ft. Myers. First pitch of game one is slated for 9:00 am.
"We have one day left down here," concluded Kimbler. "We need to go back out and try to learn from our mistakes. If we get back to basics, we'll be fine."
